The surname Basaldua
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,314 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex B243
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Basaldúa, itself from Basque baso (“forest”) + aldu (“high”).
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,314 people named Basaldua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,053.
Who is named Basaldua
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Basaldua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Basaldua
Basaldua has the Soundex code B243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B243.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Basaldua come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Basaldúa, itself from Basque baso (“forest”) + aldu (“high”).
- How common is the surname Basaldua?
- 1,314 people in the United States had the surname Basaldua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. It ranked 20,248th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Basaldua?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Basaldua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Basaldua getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,314 in 2010, up 25%.